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Agglomeration, Growth and Adjustment
Thiess Buettner
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Description for Agglomeration, Growth and Adjustment
Paperback. This study deals with disparities in employment growth, unemployment, and wages between regional labour markets in Germany. Throughout the book, theoretical analysis is combined with rigorous empirical testing using a large set of regional data at district level. Series: ZEW Economic Studies. Num Pages: 207 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 42 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
It is dealt with disparities in employment growth, unemployment, and wages between regional labor markets in Germany. First, endogenous formation and growth of industry locations due to agglomeration economies is established as a basic source of disparity in employment. Then, spatial frictions and local wage inflexibility due to central wage bargaining are detected as causes of unemployment disparities. Throughout the book theoretical analysis is combined with rigorous empirical testing using a large set of regional data at district level. In order to gain and robustify empirical results, recent methods in panel econometrics and spatial data analysis are employed. An overview ... Read more
It is dealt with disparities in employment growth, unemployment, and wages between regional labor markets in Germany. First, endogenous formation and growth of industry locations due to agglomeration economies is established as a basic source of disparity in employment. Then, spatial frictions and local wage inflexibility due to central wage bargaining are detected as causes of unemployment disparities. Throughout the book theoretical analysis is combined with rigorous empirical testing using a large set of regional data at district level. In order to gain and robustify empirical results, recent methods in panel econometrics and spatial data analysis are employed. An overview ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co Germany
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
Series
ZEW Economic Studies
Number of Pages
207
Place of Publication
Heidelberg, Germany
ISBN
9783790811605
SKU
V9783790811605
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Ref
99-15
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